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Originally Posted by CateP
Well, I think that Yankee ingenuity is starting to kick in after a few years back in my beloved New England. I watched several YouTube videos on how to clean and tune a Briggs and Stratton lawn mower and ended up doing it myself!! Went down to NAPA and got $10 worth of supplies and a spark plug, took out the carb and cleaned it thoroughly, drained the old gas, replaced the very black spark plug, checked the oil and voila! Done. It wasn't that hard at all. You just have to keep the tiny parts from getting lost and remember how everything goes back together.
Also, lesson learned...at the end of the season put Seafoam in the gas tank and run it through the engine. Should start right up in the spring!
One of the things I love about living here is the " can do" attitude and nobody questioned the fact that a woman was doing her own mechanical work on her mower. The guys at NAPA were really helpful.
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Taking off the carburetor isn't really necessary unless your lawnmower is real old and has been sitting for a long time.
The first thing to do is remove the fuel bowl, hinge pin, float, inlet valve, emulsion tube, and clean these items with carb cleaner and air pressure. Then blow out the holes where the inlet valve and emulsion tube went.
Put it back together and most carbs will work just fine. The throttle and governor linkage doesn't have to be touched when you do it this way.
The only time I take off a carb is when I need to remove the welch plug for some reason.